Railroad-rail



(No Model.)

D. s. TU' I'HILL.

RAILROAD RAIL.

No. 350,089. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

' UNirn rates ATENT Fries.

DANIEL S. TUTHILL. OF NEW'BURG, NEXV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO B. H. DUBOl-S AND .T. .T. l. DUBOIS,

BOTH ()F LEADVI'LLE, GOLOPADO.

RAILROAD-RAIL.

Application tiled June 10,1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that I, DANIEL S. TU'LHILL, ol' Newburg. in the county ot' Orange, and, in the State of New York. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Rails; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ot' the engag ing ends ot'in. v rails separated from each other. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same united, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section upon line.: a: of Fig. 2.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the tigures.

The design of my invention isto enable rails to be so connected at their ends as to prevent the independent vertical. movement of either, without interference with such longitudinal movement as results t'rom the expansion and contraction of the metal; and to this end said invention consists in a railroad-rail which is provided upon one end with a longitudinal projecting tongue and has its head at such point formed upon an oblique line. in combination with a rail which has an obliquelycut head, and is provided with a groove that is adapted to receiveand contain the tongue of the opposite rail, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shown.

It consists, further, in a railroad-rail which at one end. has its head formed upon a hori zontall v-oblique line and its feet formed upon a line having a right angle to the length of said rail, and is provided with a tongue that projects longitudinally forward from andis a continuation of its web, in combination with a second rail which has the ends of its head and foot formed, respectively, upon diagonal and right anglelines, and within its web is provided with a groove that corresponds to and is adapted to receive the web-tongue of the opposite rail, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth It consists, finally, in a railroad-rail which at one, end has its head formed upon a horizontally'oblique line and its t'oot formed upon a line having a right angle to the length ofsaid rail, and is provided with a tongue that projects longitudinally forward from and is a coniSB'i forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,089, dated September 28, 1386,

Serial No. 201,769. (No model.)

tinuation of its web, a rail which has the ends of its head and foot formed, respectively, upon diagonal and right-angle lines, and within its web is provided with agroove that corresponds to and is adapted to receive the web-tongue of the opposite rail, in combination with each other and with means, substantially as described, whereby said rails may have their in tersecting ends contincd in relative lateral pm sition, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

in the carrying ot' my invention into practice I employ a rail, A, which has any usual construction, and at one end ot' the same cut away the foot (t for about t'our inches, leaving its end square,as before, and in a like manner cut away its head a, but term. the end of the same upon a line that preterably has horizontally an angle of about forty-live degrees to the longitudinal axis of said rail. 13y thus cutting away the head and foot of said railtheprojecting port ion of the web (t forms a tongue, (1 as shown. The rail A which is to be connected with the rail A has the ends of its head a and foot rt formed upon lines that correspond to the angles of the head a and t'oot aof said rail A, while its web at is cut away, so as to form a groove, a which corresponds to and is adapted to receive the tongue a, so that when said rails are placed together, as shown in Fig. 2, their said ends interlock and abut in such manner as to prevent allindependent vertical motion of either, and to render said rails practically solid at theirj unction. In conscquem'ie ofthehorizontally-ob1i 1ue joint at the point where the rail-heads c and ameeha car-wheel passing over the same has a bearing upon each rail along the entire length of the joint, so that there is no possibility of a jolt at such point,

as the bearing by such construction is continu- 9o one end with a longitudinal projecting tongue and has its head at such point formed upon an oblique line, in combination with a rail which has an obliquely-cut head, and is provided with a groove that is adapted to receive and con tain the tongue of the opposite rail, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

2. A railroad-rail which at one end'has its head formed upon a horizontally'oblique line and its foot formed upon a linehaving a right angle to the length of said rail, and is provided with a tongue that projects longitudinally forward from and is a continuation of its web, in combination with a second rail which has the ends of its head and foot formed, respectively, upon diagonal and right-angle lines, andwithin its web is provided with a groove that corresponds to and is adapted to receive the web-tongue ot' the opposite rail, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A railroadrail which at one'end has its head formed upon a horizontally-oblique line "and is adapted to receive the web-tongue of the opposite rail, in combination with each other and with means, substantially as described, whereby said rails may have their intersecting ends confined in relative lateral position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of June, A. D. 1886.

I) A NIEL S. T UTHI L L.

Witnesses:

Vino. S. PRINDLE, HENRY U. HAZARD. 

